As the coronavirus outbreak forces flight cancelations and quarantines, the tourism industry is facing a slowdown.
In China, Italy, and South Korea, governments are quarantining towns and cities and shutting down transportation. The US has issued travel warnings for anyone considering visiting Italy, China, Iran, Japan, and South Korea. The virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 2,770 people and infected more than 81,000 in the last two months. It has spread to 40 countries other than China.
Italy's police, and if necessary its armed forces, have the authority to ensure the regulations are enforced, the BBC reported.Italy was the fifth-most visited country in the world in 2018, right behind China, according to the World Tourism Organization.Tourists in Italy spent about $45.7 billion in 2018, according to the Bank of Italy. The coronavirus outbreak and declines in tourism are prompting fears of a recession there.
The diagnosis came shortly after seasonal sandstorms hit the islands in what Canary Islands president Ángel Víctor Torres called a"nightmare weekend."Because more than 50 million people in China are under quarantine, many would-be Chinese tourists cannot travel.The domestic tourism industry in China and Hong Kong is giant — the Chinese government said domestic tourist trips within the country totaled to $5.54 billion in 2018, according to state outlet Xinhua Net.
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